Winning ticket for $50 million Lotto Max jackpot sold in Kelowna

Howard Alexander - News Editor

FILE PHOTO - Jenny Pastor, centre, promotes the Lotto Max lottery at Yonge and Dundas Square in Toronto on Friday, September 25, 2015. There is one winning ticket for the $50 million jackpot in the Friday, April 8, 2016 Lotto Max draw — and it was sold in Kelowna.

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April 09, 2016 - 8:44 AM

KELOWNA - There is one winning ticket for the $50 million jackpot in Friday night's Lotto Max draw — and it was sold in Kelowna.

There were also seven MaxMillions up for grabs, and one of the million-dollar prizes was claimed by a ticket purchased in the Prairies.

The winner has 52 weeks from the draw date to come forward and claim the prize, according to a B.C. Lottery Corporation media release. Officials won't say exactly where the ticket was bought until the winner comes forward to claim the prize.

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